3 Houston trucks make national food list
The culinary website the Daily Meal has released its annual list of the 101 Best Food Trucks in America.
The list featured three Houston-area mobile kitchens with Bernie’s Burger Bus ranked highest among them at No. 32. (Bernie’s was in the top 25 on the 2014 list.)
Founded by Justin Turner in 2010, Bernie’s uses Black Angus beef for its burgers and tops them with house-made condiments such as chipotle aioli and jalapeño ranch.
In addition to the mobile kitchen, Turner operates a BBB Cafe in Bellaire and will open a second brick-and-mortar restaurant in Katy this fall. His Bellaire location ranked No. 45 in Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Alison Cook’s Top 100 Restaurants Guide in 2014. Find details about the restaurant and food truck at berniesburgerbus.com
The other local food trucks on the list include Oh My Gogi! at No. 38 and Coreanos at No. 53. Both Oh My Gogi! and Coreanos specialize in Korean/Mexican fusion fare such as bulgogi stuffed tacos. Find the trucks’ next stops at ohmygogi.com and coreanostx.com.
Daily Meal’s topranked pick was Ms. Cheezious Fresh Made Grilled Cheese, which feeds Miami.
The top-ranked Texas truck was San Antonio’s Rickshaw Stop at No. 5.
Other Texas food trucks on the list included:
Austin: Love Balls, One Taco, Hey! … You Gonna Eat or What? and East Side King Marfa: Food Shark Dallas: Nammi Truck, Ssahm BBQ, Easy Slider and Jack’s Chowhound One of Houston’s most popular food fights is getting a new venue.
Free pizza on Friday
Newly opened Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza at Woodlake Square will give away individual-size pies to all customers 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday. The only condition is that recipients must first follow the Californiabased pizza chain on social media (your choice: Instagram, Twitter or Facebook).
Blaze features an open kitchen. Much like Subway or Chipotle, customers can watch their pizzas being built. The thin-crust pizzas are cooked in an open-flame oven and done in three minutes. Pizzas cost about $8. 9650 Westheimer, 713-780-0800
Pig news
This year’s “Go Pig or Go Home” throwdown is moving to 8th Wonder Brewery after three sold-out years at Kata Robata. The competition challenges more than a dozen of H-Town’s most prominent chefs to create their best suckling pig dish. This year’s event is 4-7 p.m. Sept. 20 at the brewery, 2202 Dallas.
This year’s lineup includes Randy Rucker (Bramble), Rebecca Masson (Fluff Bake Bar), Jonathan Jones (El Big Bad), Matt Marcus (Eatsie Boys), Adam Dorris (Pax Americana), Monica Pope (Sparrow Bar + Cookshop), Richard Kaplan (Weights + Measures), Alex Padilla (Original Ninfa’s on Navigation), Greg Lowry (Bradley’s Fine Diner), Omar Pereney (Peska), Jose Hernandez (Radio Milano), Peter Laufer (Royal Sonesta Hotel), Justin Turner (Bernie’s Burger Bus), David Cordua (Churrascos), William Wright (Helen Greek Food and Wine), Vidal Elias Murillo (La Fisheria), Robert Del Grande (RDG+Bar Annie), Jason Gould (Cyclone Anaya’s) and Arnaldo Richards (Pico’s).
Tickets for the event are $88 and available at gopigorgohome.com. Until Sept. 1, you can purchase tickets for $78 here. Proceeds will benefit OpHeart, which helps with pediatric cardiac care.
Opening
Seabrook has a new fine-dining destination in eVolve Restaurant. The seasonal menu features Gulf snapper with Bloody Mary succotash, pork and sweet potato terrine and olive oil poached salmon. 2234 NASA Parkway, 281942-9292